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image captionA statue of Hugh Miller, who discovered thousands of fossils and wrote books on geology
A renowned 19th Century Scottish fossil hunter and geologist has been found to have held abhorrent views on race.
Hugh Miller, a self-taught stonemason and writer, made major discoveries of ammonite and fish fossils in rocks near his home in Cromarty on the Black Isle.
Notes from a lecture delivered before his death contain lines promoting racial superiority of white Europeans.
National Trust for Scotland said it would address the issue at the Hugh Miller House and Museum in Cromarty.
They came to light during new research of his work.